. >> screenwriter tarell alvin mccranny and producer and star andre holland both with us now. thank you for talking to us. >> thank you for having us. >> one of the writers reviewing the film called it the most radical sports film he's ever seen and not just because it is a basketball movie with hardly any basketball in it. tell me about what you were going for. so i understand you worked on this over a period of years, right. >> i think about two to three years. >> what were you going for? >> i think it is what we were going for really. the beginning of the piece came from conversations that andre had been having with steven and they brough me into that conversation. they brought features and clips and articles and books, a very important book, the revolt of the black athlete and they put it if front of me and said, looking, what do you think about this? how do we make this story into something that is about an industry that circles around one of the most powerful and exciting games ever. >> talk about more about the conversations you were having with steven soderbergh. what